KWANGTUNG REDUCES WATER TRANSPORT RATES FOR WOLFRAM ORE, TIN; SHIPS WOLFRAM ORE TO USSR

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• Publication Date: July 24, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD PLO.
COUNTRY China , USSR DATE OF
iNFOR~?1ATION 1951
SUBJECT Economic -Nonferrous metals, wolfram, tin
DATE
PUBLISHED 16 Apr, 2y May 1951
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KWANGTUNG REDUCES WATER TRANSPORT RATES
FOR WOLFRAM ORE, TIN-
SSIPS WOLFRAM ORE TO USSR
HALVES RATES FOR WOLFRAM ORE, TIN -- Canton, Nan-Pang Jib-pao, 29 May 51
In recognition of the essential nature of wolfram ore and pure ti.n as in-
dustrial raw materials and as material= vital to the structure of national de-
fense, the Kwangtung Inland Waterways Control Bureau has reduced the transport
rates on these two materials in the hope that lower ;.oats will stimulate ship-
ping and market_ng in greater quantity. The: new rates, affective as of 29 May
1950, represent a 50-percent reduction from the original table of shipping
charges, as follows;
ate
R
Formc:r
Ne
w Rate
_
_
( y u a n p e r
q u i n
t
a l.
Tin (raeegory 4)
59,800
29
,900
Wolfram ore (category 8)
32,500
16
,j00
The bureau will also conduct another study of shipping rates on Kwangtung
waterways in preparation for further adjustments,
KWANGTUNG, KWANGSI SHJP 5,000 TONS OF WOLFRAM ORE TO USSR -- IIong Kong, Kung-
shang Jih-pao, 16 Apr 51
Taihoku, 15 April (Reuters) -- According to KM'P seurcea, the USSR hae taken
over the vast, rich wolfram reserves of Kwangtung and Kwangai provinces,, to supply
her munitions industry. During the past 6 months, 5,000 tons of wolfram ore have
been shipped to the USSR.
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